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The Arizona sentinel., 1887-01-15

aim at the foreshoulder, and fired. The old monster gave one spring and then stood still, looking about him and growing terribly.
 "Again I fired at the shoulder with the same result. But this time the bear saw my smoke and immediately came toward me, with head hanging down and his great, red, bloody tongue hang ing out. Twas little frightened then and fired the third shot trife wild, for he came steadily forward as if he never felt it. A fourth shot failed to halt him, and the fifth tore away his whole lower jaw. I tell you, stranger, that bear was an awful sight to see after had given him the fifth ball. Still he came on and did not falter. I threw the last cartridge up into the chamber and waited for him to come clIsa It was this chance or nOth- ing, and coaio not afford to waste that ounce of lead. I had all my hair at that time, stranger, and I tell you it got mighty stiff and seemed to raise the hat off my head. Closer and closer came the enraged animal, until almost felt his hot breath on my face. Poking the muzzle almost into his mouth, Ipulied for the last time, and down we both went For a minute I really did did not know whether or the bear was killed, but in a few seconds l crawled out from under the huge mass, and then l saw the bear was dead and not 1. He had made lunge just as I fired, fell over on me in the agonies of death, and we rolled among the bushes all in heap. I rose to my feet, gave big sigh of re- lief. and stuck the old fellow under the r1ps as parting send-off. skinned all three of the bears and returned to camp late that night, telling the story to my pards just as I have told it to you, and, stranger, that is how them three bear hides comes to be lying on the fioor "- Fort Keogh Cor. San Francisco Chroni- cle
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-01-15
PITH AND POINT,

More women than men marry for money, because more men have money. Philadelphia Gull.
 -"How to Quarrel'' is the title of recent essay. It is easy enough to quar- rel; the trouble is to make up after ward.
 A Maine minister was recently treed by bear and kept there for an hour. He says he will never preach a long sermon again in his life.-BUrltngtoE Free Press.
 English milliners are said to have discovered a way of making bonnets of tissue paper so that the bonnet itself will not cost over ten cents, the remain ing twenty dollars going for trimming, as usual. Onlhaa World.
 There is a strong suspicion afoat out West that the reason Bartholdi made his statue bareheaded is because to put hat on her of the present fash ion would make her about three hun dred feet higher.-,St Paul Herald.
 -"Here, waiter" said hotel guest, handing him large baked potato as damp inside as a swamp, ''what makes this so soggy?" ''Dunno, sah. Reckon hit am on account of hits size, sah. " P. S.-Diagrams furnished on applica- ton to the clerk Washington Critic.
 Bad for Fizzletop.-Father are bad boy. Johnny-No, l ain't. ''Yes, you are, and if you give me any more of your impudence I'll punish you severely. I'll tell your sis ter to play the piano for you" Johnny promised to behave himself henceforth. -Teras SJtings.
 Gentleman (to wife, after leaving restaurant)- waiter seemed very grateful for the liberal tip gave him. Wife (sententiously)-Very. Gentle man-Did you overhear what he whis- pered to the waiter at the adjoining table? Wife-Yes, part of it. Gentle man-What was it? Wife-Something about fools and their money being soon parted.-M T. Sun.
 A Gentle Hint-He had been court ing her a long time, so long that she began to get tired; so one night she said to him: "John, who is the author of the phrase, Man proposesp' " 'T'm sure don't know" answered John. "Why do you ask?' "Oh, I merely wanted to know who he was" ''For what reason?" Because I guess he didn't know what he was talking about" Five minutes later the we'd ding day was set.-M r. Ledger,
 Better whistle than whine," writes cheery philosopher, tellinggood things to boys. Still we can hardly agree with him. Last year the room next our own was occupied by fourteen-year-Old boy who was just learning to whistle and practiced eight hours day on the first half of 'Seeing Nellie Home." It used to be great comfort when the man further down the hall-a large, strong, irascible angel he was-would i break in and choke the boy and make him whine for change. By the way, a good whistler never whistles where you can hear him, except by request Birdette.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-01-15
A Stimulating Ride.

The funeral was over, and a few per sonal friends were taking dinner with the bereaved widow.
 "Won't you have some more of the roast beef, MT. Smith?" she asked.
 Thanks" he replied; 'I believe I will. The ride to the grave and back has given me quite an appetite. "-M Y San
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-01-15
ONLY TWO TERMS.
4 Bet Which Was Lost by the Man Who
 Acted as Referee. GsT toll 1-Ou ifs SOr

'I tell you it's sO!'
 1t can't ben'
 But it is''
 .Tll bet you five dollars on it!"
 'I'll take that betI'
 Two young men who entered a sa- loon on Michigan avenue the other day were making use of the sentences above quoted, and as the bartender pricked up his ears one of them handed him five dollars in bills and the other a fve-dollar bill, and the taller of the two said:-
 We have a little dispute, and will abide by your decision. l say that General Grant served three terms as President. My friend here says he only served two. Whichever wins takes the ten dollars" "
 .'Yes, that's the way of it, !" added the other.
 'Grant served but two terms" re- piled the saloonist.
 "Sure?"
 'I am"
 'Then the money is mine" observed the shorter stranger, and as the bar tender handed it out he continued:
 ..We'l all have some beer on this. Just give me those small bills and the change for the five. "
 They had been gone half an hour when the referee had occasion to look at the bill. It was an 1864 counterfeit. Detroit Free Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-01-15
A Burglars BenevoIence.

"We wish to return our sincere thanks" says the editor of an Idaho paper, ''to the enterprising but mis- guided burglar who broke into our res idence night before last under the i'm pression that he was cracking the crib of the druggist who lives next door. He entered at window and carefully removed his boots, setting them down on the f1oor To this circumstance and to the fact that we saw him come in, we are indebted for the first good pair of boots we have had in ten years. While he was ransacking the house we quietly slipped out of bed and exchanged our old boots for his and then went back to bed and fell asleep. How long he was in the house we do not know, but the presumption is that when he went away he took the old boots. They have been missing ever since, and there was noth- ing else to take. ."-Chicago Tribune.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-01-15
TOO MUCH MONEY.
How Much Very Rich Men Can Legitimate
 ly Expend in a Month.

How Much Very Rich Men Can Legitimate
 ly Expend in a Month.
 As was saying, I knew fellow who has acquaintance with these million aires. His conversation soothed and consoled me to some extent. He de- precated the possession of too much money. So did I. He declared it did not contribute to human happiness to any thing like the extent people imagined. I agreed with him. He said, indeed, that men of moderate means were the only contented men the only men who enjoyed life. l grasped his hand.
 "Yes," he said, ''those men have all so much money that they can not derive any benefit from it. I dined, d," he went on, "once with half dozen millionaires. have had better din ner at the club or the restaurant but that is no matter. After dinner they began talking of how much money a man could expend in having the most luxurious necessities of life, not speaking, of course, of pictures, or hobbies, or tastes that one could live without. One of them figured it out. He had complete establishment in town, wife and child. He had in the establishment every thing that was in the faintest degree necessary to perfect comfort. He had thirteen servants, six carriages and six horses; his wife was the most elegantly dressed woman in town; his child had every thing that money could buy. He had besides a place in the country, non-productive, in which he entertained frequently, all though not in the style of such places as Belmont. He had twenty-two employees on his country place, sixty breeding and racing horses, and yacht which cost him about 5000 a month, and for all these-house In town, place in country, his wife's dresses, his household ex- penses-he could not without waste eX- pend more than SIC, 1000 a month.
 Then I wept.
 But the popular idea on the subject of what establishments cost is vague, and as rule entirely beyond the mark. Several very rich men who stint them selves in nothing in their houses, who entertain as much as taste can possibly demand, who have every comfort and every luxury, concur in the statement that it is impossible to expend on the running of household more than $1O,000 month. He can buy pictures and keep adding expensive articles and all that sort of thing, but you can not find luxuries and accesso- ries that cost beyond that amount of money unless you go in for wanton waste, encumbering rather than bring ing any return in comfort. So you see all you want is $120,O00 year and the capital, and don't you wish you may get it? One millionaire here, who has a most noted establishment and maintains the most luxurious style, admitted that he could not find any thing he could make any use of in his household over $6,OO0 month. Perhaps that will suit you better We have lower and cheaper classes of millionaire goods, madame. We have an article we can sell at $1, ,00O a month, and if that doesn't suit you we can offer you millionaire's estab- lishment that costs $17.50 a month. You wouldn't care to go lower, surely.-SG1 Francisco Chronicle.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-01-15
A lawyer drivino along a countr,

A lawyer, driving along country
 road, asked a woman who was walking in the same direction which way he had to turn to reach B. The woman in- structed him and added that she was going in that direction, and would point out the way. All right, good woman, " said the lawyer, jump up; better bad company than none" After jogging some miles farther, the woman descend ed and thanked him for the drive. "Have 1 much farther to go ere l reach the B. roadP" asked the limb of the law. "Oh! you passed it some two or three miles back" was the answer, but, as I thought bad company better than none, I brought you on!"-M r. Ledger.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-01-15
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
WORK FIRST, THEN FUN.

The boys were waiting in the road
 For Joe to come and play; "We'd like to know what keeps you so" Impatiently cried they; "We've waited nearly half an hour. Do hurry, Joe" they cried. ''rll be there-when my work is done; Not till then" he replied. 'ACome on, come on; the work can wait" They urged, "till by and by" ''It might, of course, but don't think It 1CII,' was his reply. 'sWhen I've task to do, like
 To do it right away; Work first my father says, then fun;' And what he says, say" Hurrah for Joel Such talk as that
 Is what like to hear: But many boys will not agree
 With Joe and me, I fear. Play first, and last and all the time
 Would suit most boys, I know; But that, I'm very glad to say,
 Is not the way with Joe. When you've task to do, my boys,
 Don't put it of, and say You'll do it, when you've had your fun; But do it right d1CGy. This putting off' soon forms, my lads, A habit to deplore; Who promptly does his work enjoys
 His pleasure all the more.
 -EbeR E. Rerford, in Golden Ddys.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-01-15

-"Where are your tickets, gents?' asked the door-keeper of a St. Louis theater to line of men who confronted him in 'Indian file" '1t's all right. shouted man at the tail end of the line, live got the tickets. There s twelve of us with me. Count 'em as they go in" ''In you go, gents" said the door-keeper, and he tallied off eleven, who immediately mixed with the crowd within. The door-keeper turned to look for the holder of the tickets, but he had disappeared, and eleven men saw the performance safe from Identification in the tremendous throng of people.-St, Louis Post,
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-01-15
VOLUME XVI.
UNCAGED.

The bird set free from the golden cage
 Needs not the splendor of the wire;
 To the clear blue his wings aspire, Nor the rough winds his zeal assuage. The dainty seed each morn supplied,
 The water pure in crystal vase
 He finds not in the airy space, Unfurnished chill, and only wide. An sweeter far the thistle seed
 That floats across his venturous way, And dew-drop slipped from wild-rose sprays ! Who calls him back, in vain shall plead. The golden wires were prison-bars-
 They stopped his flight and scared his wings Iris rude perch where now he sings, But then its bounds are sky and stars! The sky will lower, the sun will set,
 The night will fall, the storm will rage; Hang on the tree the open cage But To! the bird loves freedom yet!
 -WILiidm c. Richards, iH Southern BiUouGc.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-01-15
The Only Objection.

De Twirliger Cat dinner)-Deuced bore this eating. Pity chap caw't- aw-hire man to eat for him.
 Bagley-You needn't hire any body. There's man outside smashing his nose against the panes. Why not give him chance?
 De Twirliger-Good idea, baw love but (gloomilyD-No! Suppose, baw love, it didn't agree with him! 1 should have indigestion, baw Jove.-PhitddeI- phiG Gull.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-01-15
After the clerk had pulled dow

After the clerk had pulled down every thing in the store without satisfy ing his customer, woman, she asked him if there was any thing else he had not shown her. ''Yes, ma a'am," he said, ''the cellar; but if you wish it l will have that brought up and shown to you. "-~LoeUeU Citizen.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-01-15

MT. Sturgeon has admitted ten thousand persons into church member ship in connection with his fruitful min istry in the Metropolitan Tabernacle and its missions.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-01-15

Little Rhody has eleven thousand more women than men,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-03-08
To Withdraw from the Episco-
pal Church.

The Rev. Henry Wirgman Ga young
preacher who for few weeks last
summer filled the pulpit of Zion Episr
.copal, Church in this place, in the ab7
sencc of the rector for medical treat
ment in Baltimore) created quite .
sensation at Wellsburg last Sunday
week, as will be seen by the following
from the Wheeling Register OF the I'd
instant:
Rev. Henry Wirgman, of the Epis-
copal Church of Wellsburg, who has
been stationed there for about year,
surprised his congregation on Sunday
evening by Withdrawing his connec-
ton with that church. After reading
the services, and when the audience
had settled down expecting sermon,
as usual, Rev. Mr.. Wirgman stepped
from behind the desk and commenced
to discuss his dislike for the Episco7
pal services and church. The con-
gregation Strengthened up in their
seats, and when the speaker with con-
siderable excitement commenced an
abuse of the forms and ceremonies
which up to that time he had OBJ
served, the congregation, to say the
least, were astonished. He continued
in the same strain for about an hour,
his excitement growing as he pro-
cccded, and concluded with the state
ment that he would in a few days send
to Bishop Peterkin statement of his
reasons for withdrawing from the
Episcopal Church, and asking his re-
lease or dismissal from the church.
The action of Mr.. Wirgman has caused
decided sensation in the town, and
and particularly among the members
of the church, who knew nothing of
his proposed action. much less ex-
pected such a scene in the church,
The members of the vcStry say that
he should have presented his plans.
purposes and statements to them in
proper form at least before giving ext
preston to them in the place and at
the time he did. On Monday one of
the members so informed the rev.
erend gentleman, and il is said some
warm expressions were INDUCED in.
Rev. Mr.. Wirgman is an unmarried
man, about thirty years old, and came
from Hampshire county, where his
father resides. He has said that he
don't know what his future course
will be Surmises are to the effect
that he will either join the Methodist
Church or some reformed church,
His father is minister in the M. f..
Church. The affair is the exciting
topic of conversation in the town.
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DIED.

At her home in Martinsburg. February 18th
1887. Mrs. SARAH ELIZA, vie of Mr.. VIM
A. PitZcr.
Very suddenly of apopI"xy. February 2Sfh
aged "a years.
IN MEMORIAM.
On Thursday March 3d. RACHAEL. beloved
wife of Robert b. Mitchell. and daughter OF
Warren and Virginia Ely, in the SD year OF
her age.
Mrs Mitchell had been in declining health
for two or three years. In November last Mr..
Mitchell. who holds Il position uud.'r the U. s.
Government, was sent to Memphis. Tenn. 1t
was hoped by her friends that the change
would he beneficial to her health. and for
awhile she did improve: butscveral weeks ago
she became suddenly worse, and so rapidly did
she decline. that it became apparent 10 herself
and others. that the end was approaching. She
now expressed IL strong desire to he taken to
her childhOod's home. that she might die among
her friends. As soon rs it was possible to do
so. her husband started with her. and with the
utmost difficulty she was kept alive until they
reached the station in sight of her home
T!rro she vas met w h"T friends. who were in
waiting. AMI in nv ~ short time wa* made rs
comfortable q: possible. She rCjOccG t;i'tt her
c:r:,t ,irSr.. h ld been srHtli,.. and jov0iISi :
exclaimed Il am t40InG-I am home" Sic
then chilled all her friends around her. AL
nraycd for and CXhorted ;h"rn al: t''i;ngti.e Il
how happy she wuS-thAt siic felt n" fear Uf
death. and that she was NOS ready to da:nart
radia't with joy, she lifted tp her hands il
trunlnh. waved farewell to ali. and sh"r.
wi"unt n struggle or gTnln. sTe,:tly fell
asleep in Jesus. She lived but Il few hcnrS
att,.r being taken from the train.
Ms. VI. joined titc Mrtho list chur"', carl:
in if". WHOM sh" was hlit child. and lived Il
consistent, b aUtifU christian lif SIr'nittins-
pwt:rnfi, to Gods blessed will until rcl"C"cd
from her sntfcriN"s. Her RI" WIS finished.
her work was done. and God tool; her
Her remains were carried to tn" NCthodi: :
of n large cOnc0rrse of sympathizin% friends.
appropriate services were held By her Pastor.
assisted by Rev. DR.. Hopkins. From thence
they were taken to Edgc-liill Cemetery. where
they await the resurrection of the just. f.
Near Charl"stown. Feb. %. 1887. CHARLES
ANDREW the infant son of Albert J.. and
Posie Z. Moore. aged 10 months and 20 days.
The angel of death has been in our midst and
has removed one of the lovelicSt of his flock
This little one was the idol of its mother and
father. During his long suffering they were
tirel1ss in their attention to him hut the Good
Shepherd saw fit to remove him from fond pa
rents. which was their loss. but his gain. We
know he has gone to rest. We no longer be-
hold him. but the wide arm of Omuipotencc is
open to receive him into the haven of eternal
rest.
"Ch, parents look from EARTH above,
See Charley by the throne.
An Angel of God. redeemed by love,
Waiting for you to come" q.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-03-08
More independence.

The so-called Democratic "Kick-
ers" in the West Virginia Legislature,
whose persistent opposition to SEN
ator Camden prevented an election of
Senator in that State, are entitled to
the thanks of their party throughout
the country instead of the abuse and
rcproaches they are receiving in some
quarters.
AS the Democratic Governor will
appoint a Senator of his own party to
fill the vacancy until an election is had =,
the Democrats in the Senate cannot
possibly suffer from the failure to
elect. 1t is, however, worth q great
deal t. have it demonstrated that in
one State neither money influence,
nor the power of the caucus. nor both
combined can force the election of
one of the money-hags and mCnop-
olists whose invasion of the Senate
has done so much to lower the char
acter of that body. Senator Camden
is not q representative of Democratic
principles. He is the representative
of an odious monopoly-the Standard
Oil Company. He has never made
a speech nor furnished an idea show
ing either sympathy with the masses
or capacity for a seat in one of the
highest and most powerful Legislative
bodies in the world.
1t is encouraging to. see one plu-
tocrat denied reelection to the
SeDate.-N. Y. World.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-03-08
MIR. Lucas Appointed Senator

a dispatch from Charleston. dated
February 28th, says that Gov Will
son has rendered the United States
Senatorship to Hon. Daniel. B. Lucas,
of this county, and that Mr.. Lucas
has accepted the tender, and will re-
ceive his credentials shortly. In
speaking of him to the representative
of the Baltimore Sun, Governor Will
son said: 81 He is staunch Jeffcr-
sonian Democrat, and with that polit-
ical faith lie is necessarily opposed to
every species of monopoly. As a
lawyer and public speaker he ranks
among the ablest in the State, and as
q man of letters and general literature
he has no superior. He is man of
positive convictions, and can always
be relied upon as friend of the peo-
pie, and that is the kind of man upon
whom, in my judgment, should be
conferred so important a public trust.
Besides all these things, he comes
from the democratic stronghold of
the State
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MARRIED..

March LIST. 1887. at the residence of Mr.. Geo.
W. Thomas. Charlestown. W. Va. by Rev Tr.
A. C. Hopkins. Mr.. GEORGE PATTERSON.
of Baltimore Md, to Miss EMILIA j. STEIN
BRECHER, of CharlcstOwn.
In Duncan Memorial Church. Rcrryvilie,
February 10Th. 1887, by Rev. ". l.. Lynch. Mr..
FRANK II. LAGO. of Rockingham comfy.
Va. to Miss LILLIAN \. LYNCH. daugh
of the officiating clergyman.
In the VI. f. Church South. Stephens City.
Va, February 10Th. 1887, by the brides father,
Mr.. C. JENKINS. of Fairfax county. Va..l To
Miss SADDLE DULANEY. daughter of Rev. j.
II. DuIancy. OF Stephens City.
At the NJ. E. Parsonage. Martinsburg. Feb
ruary oath 1887. by Rev. w. F. Roberts. Mr..
THORNTON PULTZ to Miss GERTIE BA11-i
both of MartihSburg.
At the residence of the bride. near Shcp-
herdstown. February 9th. 1857. By Rev. B. F:
Bausman. Mr. THOMAS J. Chaplain. Of
Summit Point. to Miss EMMA REYNOLDS.
At the Lutheran Parsonage in Shepherds
town. February nth. 1897. by Rev. d. NJ.
Moser. Mr. JACOB r. KELLER to Miss ELIZA
CANANN-both of this county.
At the residence of the brides parents. near
Connocacheagne. Feb. Esd. 1887. Mr.. BOYD P.
CHAMBERS, of Martiusbnrg, to Miss SALLIE
GESSFORD. of Washington coTmty. Nd.